Identify Mushrooms

Fly agaric

The fly agaric, with its red white-dotted cap, is the most famous poisonous mushroom.

💡 Did you know? It is a symbol of luck, but poisonous.

Porcini

The porcini is a prized edible bolete with a brown cap and thick stem.

💡 Did you know? Under the cap it has tubes instead of gills.

Chanterelle

The golden chanterelle is a popular, peppery edible mushroom.

💡 Did you know? It smells faintly of apricot.

Button mushroom

The button mushroom is Europe's best-selling cultivated mushroom and one of the most important worldwide.

💡 Did you know? It comes white and brown (cremini).

Death cap

The death cap is the most dangerous poisonous mushroom of all.

💡 Did you know? A single specimen can be lethal.

Morel

Morels have a honeycomb-like pitted cap and are considered a delicacy.

💡 Did you know? Raw they are toxic, cooked they are edible.

Oyster mushroom

The oyster mushroom grows in shell shapes on tree trunks.

💡 Did you know? It is a popular, easily cultivated edible mushroom.

Shiitake

The shiitake is an aromatic East Asian edible and medicinal mushroom.

💡 Did you know? Today it is among the most cultivated mushrooms in the world, above all in China.

Parasol mushroom

The parasol is a large umbrella-shaped mushroom whose cap is breaded like a cutlet.

💡 Did you know? Its stem bears a movable ring.

Bay bolete

The bay bolete is a common, tasty relative of the porcini.

💡 Did you know? Its tubes turn bluish when pressed.

Honey fungus

Honey fungus grows in clusters on wood and is edible only when well cooked.

💡 Did you know? One specimen is among the largest living things on Earth.

Puffball

Puffballs are round mushrooms that release a brown spore cloud when ripe.

💡 Did you know? Young and white, many species are edible.